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Rules and Regulations in NL and Labrador BIG GAME - and /

Link for NL hunting guide www.gov.nl.ca/env/wildlife/hunting/hunting_guide_2013.pdf

• Ages - Big Game (at least 18)

• Hunting on sundays is permitted after Oct. 6

• Need to know how to identify from a picture big game organisms!!

Bear

• NL black bear and Labrador Black bear are genetically different. (NL up to 800 lbs and Labrador up to 500 lbs)

• Only big game hunt that has TWO legal hunting seasons in the same year. (Only looking ant Labrador hunt season!) G Spring Bear Hunt - April 1 - July 13 G Fall Bear Hunt - August 10- November 30

• Bag limit of 2 (either sex - CAN NOT SHOOT A FEMALE BEAR WITH HER CUB!!!)

• Can shoot or snare bears. Gun rifle larger than 243 caliber. - recommended for bear would be a 12 gauge - slug or a 000 triple gauge buck shot rifle.

• Black bear hunting zones same as management areas.

How to get a bear licence:

In Labrador you can go to a store to purchase one $25 , but in NL you would have to apply to government - and go through application process - if get then pay. Labrador Black Bear NL Black Bear Genetically different Genetically different Smaller in size (up to 500 lbs Larger in size (up to 800 lbs) Have spring and fall hunting season Only have fall season 2 bear bag limit 2 bear bad limit

• if you are hunting with a bow, you can start earlier.

Coyote Hunt

Coyote is creamy brown color about 30-50 lbs.

• Can pay for a designated coyote shooting licence - using a small caliber licence (smaller than 243 caliber ($25), but if you already have any valid licence during an open season you can hunt . (Opportunistic hunting)

• No bag limit - (must bring carcass to wildlife office and hunter will receive $25 per animal brought in)

• Season - September -July (11 month hunt)

• Can use any gun regulated for the big game hunt.

• Only licenced trappers can use traps and snares to get coyote and wolf. Coyote Diet

From hunter returns - wildlife officers have found out that coyotes have been eating VERY well and the average age was 1.8 years (young). From this info, we can deduce that most came from the level 2 food chain - meaning there are a large number in the population. 68% of carcasses were pups. - breeding well.

From Stomach contents in summer plants but in winter mostly protein. (In order - , voles and mice, squirrels, berries, small game birds and eggs, moose and caribou.

Most moose and caribou in stomachs of coyotes came from CARRION (carcasses left behind from other animal kills)

Where do coyotes come from - were introduced to NL and Labrador initially in mid 80's from ice flows (probably from southern Quebec or PEI) -

• First landed on island of NL just up from port-aux-Basque region (North west tip of island) • Second - interior of island (deer lake region) • Third - Souther tip of island (St. Anthony region) • Forth - introduced to Labrador across St. Anthony region to souther coast of Labrador. (3 years ago)

4 South Coast Of Labrador 3 - St. Anthony region

2. - interior

1. INTRODUCED Coyotes were breeding VERY fast on the island of NL, as they had no natural predators so population numbers exploded. On the other hand, population numbers in Labrador stayed SMALL - as there was already in Labrador to prey upon the newly introduced coyotes.

Wolf Hunt

• Licence $25 - have to go to Goose Bay Wildlife office.

• Bag limit - 1 (when kill, have to tag and bring back skull - jaw to a wildlife office - LAW)

• Season - same a big game season. (Early Fall to March).

• In NL, wolf thought extinct 1929, and for 70 years no wolves - there have been sightings recently. Labrador - healthy population.